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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 2d

Indoor Meeting Reminder:
Weds 8th October (tomorrow)

‘Bound from Valparaiso round the Horn’ - Pete Brown’s odyssey around southernmost South America: Chile, Argentina, Falklands & a little Brazil

Can’t wait for this one!
7.15pm - The Diamond Building
Later - The Pub!
#ukbirding #yorkshirebirding

Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 2d

Want to enjoy the wonders of autumn migration? Then join our next field trip at Redmires, on the 19th of October. Details at www.sbsg.org/diary-dates/...

#ukbirding #YorkshireBirding

Visible Migration Field Meeting

Sheffield Bird Study Group was formed in December 1972 as a forum for birdwatchers in and around the city with an active interest in ornithology. We aim to promote an interest in birds in the communit...

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 7d

October already on the SBSG calendar!
Which means a chance to enjoy @tomhines.bsky.social ‘s stunning juv Shag photo once more.
Would members & followers like us to produce a 2026 calendar?
Please let us know in the replies.
#ukbirding

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 12d

Any birders reporting autumn passage Ring Ouzels (esp in southern England) please look out for coloured leg rings on juveniles from the Peak District Eastern Moors project. 🙏
Report to [email protected]

Combo of 3 colours on left leg

@birdguides.bsky.social @rarebirder.bsky.social
#ukbirding

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 13d

The wait is nearly over!

Our 2021 Annual Report will be available for collection in person at our October Indoor meeting (8/10/25 7.15pm @ The Diamond)

Postal/Hand delivered copies will go out in the following weeks

The lovely cover art celebrates the Porter Valley Long-tailed Skua #ukbirding

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David Bocking @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social · 15d

Keep looking up! 16 Glossy Ibis in the skies of #TheOutdoorCity this morning spotted by @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social - see: open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...

Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 21st Sept 2025

Strange birds. Muddy Mother. Estonian easements. Street poison.

open.substack.com

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 15d

This is an interesting record of one of "our" birds exploring the wider region post-juvenile moult.

It has moved 18km through the Snake Valley, the first confirmed record of an Eastern Moors juv moving in a westerly direction pre-migration - knowledge only possible through colour-ringing #ukbirding

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 15d

One of our local colour-ringed juvenile Ring Ouzels has turned up near Glossop. The lower bird in photo, seen feeding on Rowan & Hawthorn. Ringed in the nest at Stanage on 27/6/25 (second brood) - an 18km movement west
Thanks to reporter Paul Cole for sharing his photos #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 17d

After the deluge:
A sunny Sunday morning greeted members who attended the ringing demo with Sorby Breck Ringing Group at Blackburn Meadows.
134 birds caught - feisty Jay a highlight! #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding

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Spurn Bird Observatory @spurnbirdobs.bsky.social · 20d

🌿 Great news!
We’ve received funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for our MigFest & Beyond project — new facilities, a bird hide, marquees, signage & Nature Hub upgrades for visitors, volunteers & wildlife at Spurn.

Find out more 👉 spurnbirdobservatory.co.uk/news/great-n...

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David Bocking @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social · 17d

Today’s post for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity - open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...

Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 21st Sept 2025

Strange birds. Muddy Mother. Estonian easements. Street poison.

open.substack.com

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 18d

Field Trip Reminder:
Bird Ringing demo at Blackburn Meadows
Sunday 21st Sept (tomorrow) with our friends Sorby Breck Ringing Group
Drop in anytime 0700-1000,
more details including parking and bus routes at www.sbsg.org/diary-dates/...

SBSG Ringing Demo at Blackburn Meadows Nature Reserve

Sheffield Bird Study Group was formed in December 1972 as a forum for birdwatchers in and around the city with an active interest in ornithology. We aim to promote an interest in birds in the communit...

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Natural Derbyshire Tours @toursnatural.bsky.social · 19d

I love montane species and I love waders so couldn't resist going for the Burbage Moor juv Dotteral this morning. What a bird and a lifer!

A nice supporting cast of Golden Plover (over), Snipe, 2 Wheatear, 7+ Stonechat & a Merlin sparring with a Kestrel nearby @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social #UKBirding

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Ray Scally @rayscally.bsky.social · 24d

MIDDLETON MOOR, Derbys. - Good movement this morning, 7 RING OUZEL, 2 WHINCHAT, 1 LITTLE EGRET, 30 skylark, 57 Mistle thrush, 120 Swallow, 100 House Martin, 10 Siskin, 120 Meadow Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 29 Shoveler, 3 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 140 Teal @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social #ukbirding

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Jon Lowes @jonlowes.bsky.social · 25d

Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), Burbage Moor, South Yorkshire, UK, 13/09/2025 ebird.org/checklist/S2... Dotterels migrate to the UK in summer from North Africa to breed on the highest mountains #ukbirding #birding #birds #rarebirdsuk #ukrarebirds @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 25d

It’s been a bit of a week at RVCP!

Jon Lowes @jonlowes.bsky.social · 25d

Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius), Rother Valley Country Park, South Yorkshire, UK, 13/09/2025 ebird.org/checklist/S2... This Arctic-breeding wader is a regular scarce migrant to the UK in autumn #ukbirding #birding #birds #rarebirdsuk #ukrarebirds @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks for sharing Jon

Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 27d

This Grey Phalarope was another excellent find for Kev Gould at Rother Valley this morning. Still present, on the Main Lake, at the time of posting. #UKbirding #YorkshireBirding

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RareBirdAlert @rarebirder.bsky.social · 27d

First Genetically Confirmed Marsh Tit × Willow Tit Hybrid www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/F...

First Genetically Confirmed Marsh Tit × Willow Tit Hybrid

A cryptic hybrid between two lookalike species was confirmed through a rare combination of field observation, sound recordings, and genetic analysis

www.rarebirdalert.co.uk

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 27d

Dr Tim Birkhead's end of year report on the Guillemots of Skomer www.sbsg.org/sbsg-news/th...

#UKBIRDING #birdingwales

The Birdman of Skomer

Sheffield Bird Study Group was formed in December 1972 as a forum for birdwatchers in and around the city with an active interest in ornithology. We aim to promote an interest in birds in the communit...

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MSh @msh2209.bsky.social · Sep 5

Quite a morning by RVCP standards....3 Glossy Ibis, 2 Ruff, with Green and Common Sandpipers.
#yorkshirebirds
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RSPB Science @rspbscience.bsky.social · Jul 29

Help @rspbscience.bsky.social study bird disease (trichomonosis) outbreaks

If you see a sick or dead bird in your garden, please report it here: gardenwildlifehealth.org

@bto-gbw.bsky.social
@zslscience.bsky.social
📷 Ben Andrew

A female Greenfinch is perched on a branch looking unwell. Her feathers are fluffed up, which can be a sign of trichomonosis.

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Calling all Sheffield & Derbyshire birders! We're looking to gather as many Ring Ouzel sightings as possible this August & September to aid the work of RSPB Eastern Moors Partnership.

Please see our website news item for more details:
www.sbsg.org/sbsg-news/re...

#ukbirding
📷 Chris Greenwood ©

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · Jul 19

If you are craving some more live Falcon nest action now the Sheffield Peregrines have fledged then check out this Hobby Cam from Dorset. Thought to be the only live Subbuteo nest cam in Europe this year #ukbirding

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Southern UK Hobby nest camera

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · Jul 15

Understanding Gulls:
#ukbirding @btobirds.bsky.social

www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/T...

Three gulls and an island

On Scotland’s Isle of May new research reveals how Lesser Black-backed, Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls divide their feeding grounds.

www.rarebirdalert.co.uk

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